acraze
English edit
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Etymology edit
From French acraser (“to break, burst, craze, bruise, crush”), same as écraser (“to squash”), from Middle French ecraser (“to squash”), from Middle English crasen (“to break, shatter”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”). More at craze.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪz
Verb edit
acraze (third-person singular simple present acrazes, present participle acrazing, simple past and past participle acrazed)
- (transitive) To weaken, impair, or enfeeble in mind, body, or estate; craze.
References edit
- “acraze”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.